Davis, Kate Elizabeth Ball, -2002
Person
Biography
Kate Elizabeth Ball graduated from Greenwich Academy in Connecticut in 1935, Vassar College in 1939, and New York University's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, where she received her master's degree. She taught at Garrison Forest School and held several war-related jobs in the early 1940s before coming to Nightingale. Miss Ball taught history/geography and English to Middle and Upper School students, advised Harvey House, and taught music classes and conducted the Glee Club.
Miss Ball married Charles Stevenson Davis and became known as Mrs. Davis in September 1948. She had one son, Charles Jr. Mrs. Davis retired from Nightingale in spring 1967 and lived in Orleans, Massachusetts, where she died in September 2002.
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Biography of Elizabeth Ball Davis, c. 1967
Item — Box: 01021
Identifier: B01021_F12
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
Faculty and Staff Records consist of records mainly pertaining to Nightingale employees (excepting administration) and their roles within the school. Included are newsletters by and/or for faculty members, biographical information and news clippings about faculty/staff, photographs and video recordings featuring faculty/staff, correspondence, lists of faculty and staff members, faculty handbooks, minutes from faculty meetings and summaries or notes from such meetings, and curriculum-related...
Dates:
c. 1967
Photograph of Mrs. Davis, c. 1940 - 1960
Item — Box: 01098
Identifier: 001 004 000 19 0257
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
Faculty and Staff Records consist of records mainly pertaining to Nightingale employees (excepting administration) and their roles within the school. Included are newsletters by and/or for faculty members, biographical information and news clippings about faculty/staff, photographs and video recordings featuring faculty/staff, correspondence, lists of faculty and staff members, faculty handbooks, minutes from faculty meetings and summaries or notes from such meetings, and curriculum-related...
Dates:
c. 1940 - 1960
Photographs of Glee Club rehearsing with Mrs. Davis, 1964 - 1966
File — Box: 07006
Identifier: 007 003 014 03 0005
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Music Records include photographs of music classes and concerts, Glee Club members and events, and students playing instruments and singing; concert invitations, fliers, programs, newspaper clippings and correspondence related to the music program; and sound recordings of concerts. Lower School music presentations that also include dance, drama, or other collaborations are included in this series. Because travel was a large component of the Glee Club program at one time, records...
Dates:
1964 - 1966